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Seahawks Legends Advance In Hall of Fame Voting
The Seattle Seahawks have 13 players enshrined in Canton, but that number could soon grow larger.
On Wednesday, the Pro Football Hall of Fame trimmed its list of modern-era player nominees from 167 to 50. Several former Seahawks made the cut, including running backs Marshawn Lynch, Shaun Alexander and Ricky Watters, safeties Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor and defensive tackle Kevin Williams.
Lynch and Thomas are two of eight first-year eligible players to advance, joining Eli Manning, Joe Staley, Marshal Yanda, Luke Kuechly, Terrell Suggs and Adam Vinatieri. Others, most notably Alexander, have been waiting for their gold jacket for several years now.
As Hall of Fame nominees, all of these players made great contributions to the Seahawks and the league as a whole.
Going down the list, Lynch was an absolute superstar during his time in Seattle, earning the nickname “Beast Mode.” He finished his career with 10,413 rushing yards and 85 touchdowns with three different teams, and his punishing rushing style was a sight to behold.
Even with Lynch in the picture, Alexander is still the gold standard for Seahawks running backs. He spent eight years in Seattle and is the franchise’s all-time leader in rushing yards (9,429) and rushing touchdowns (100). Yet, despite his outstanding resume, he’s been repeatedly passed over for football’s highest honor.
Watters was a great running back in his own right who spent his final four seasons in Seattle. In that time, he rushed for 4,009 yards and 22 touchdowns.
Thomas and Chancellor are nearly inseparable, as they formed the backbone of the legendary Legion of Boom defense. They enjoyed great success in their eight seasons together, and the Seahawks finished in the top five for both scoring and total defense each season from 2012-16. Of course, they were also instrumental in bringing Seattle its first Super Bowl victory.
Williams spent just one season with the Seahawks in 2014, and even then, played just eight games and recorded three sacks. However, his 11-year run with the Minnesota Vikings, which saw him earn five first-team All-Pro selections in a six-year span, is more than enough to place him in Hall of Fame consideration.
The Hall of Fame will announce 25 semifinalists in roughly four weeks, and it seems very likely that the Seahawks will have at least a couple of representatives on that list.
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Need to shred? Free drive-up/ride-up shredding Wednesday at Village Green West Seattle
With the tax deadline just past, you might have old paper documents you’re ready to shred and recycle. Just announced – a chance to do that for free this Wednesday (April 22), 1-4 pm!
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WEST SEATTLE WEATHER: Warm day, but far below record
Thanks to Carrie Brown for the westward view of our Saturday night sunset. The high today hit 68 at the airport – eight degrees above normal – but nowhere near the record for this date, which was 89 degrees back in 2016. The forecast suggests two more days of partly sunny, almost-70-degree weather, before the chance of rain returns.
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Mets place former Seattle Mariners 2B/DH Jorge Polanco on IL
CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed former Seattle Mariners second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.
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The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York, which has lost nine straight.
“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn’t,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. … He didn’t think much of it, but just got worse the following day.
“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we’ll go from there. But we don’t have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”
Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.
“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It’s definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we’ve got to take care of that wrist.”
Polanco spent the previous two seasons with the Mariners, who acquired him in a February 2024 trade with the Minnesota Twins.
Polanco struggled during his first season with Seattle in 2024, hitting just .213 with 16 homers in 118 games while playing through a knee injury that didn’t become public knowledge until after the season.
But after the Mariners somewhat surprisingly brought him back for a one-year contract in 2025, Polanco rebounded to hit .265 with 26 homers and an .821 OPS in 138 games last season. He then added three homers during Seattle’s playoff run, along with a 15th-inning walkoff single in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that sent the Mariners to their first ALCS in 24 years.
Seattle Sports staff made additions to this post.
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